About this Add-on

Many new users expect Thunderbird to come with an email account. This addon is our first attempt at offering that feature. The purpose of this prototype is to gather as much feedback as possible, to help us decide whether this feature would work well in Thunderbird, so please leave comments letting us know what you think.

Version Information

Version 1.0.4
Released March 3, 2011
262.1 kB
Works with
Thunderbird 3.1 and later

Privacy Policy

The Thunderbird Account provisioner service is provided in part bythird-party-service providers (listed at the bottom of this document). Thisdocument describes what user data goes to Mozilla and the third party, andMozilla's commitments regarding that data.

This feature remains inoperative until a user chooses to configure a newemail account, and then opts in to checking for potential partner accountsby clicking the search button on the "New Mail Account" dialog. Thatdialog asks for the user's full name, in order to find an available emailaddress.

The user's name is then sent over secure channels to a Mozilla server, andfrom there to the third-party email service providers indicated by theuser. These third-party service providers return one or more emailaddresses, and Thunderbird offers to set up one of these accounts on behalfof the user. The email addresses will be retained by Mozilla for 10 daysfor debugging purposes only.

If the user chooses to create this account, Thunderbird will requestvarious pieces of information specified by the account provider, possiblyincluding, but not limited to, full name, proposed password, credit cardtype and number, and address. Terms of Service text, supplied by theprovider, will be displayed as part of this form, as well as text thatcurrently reads:

By clicking on 'I accept' below you are agreeing to the Terms of Serviceabove and the Privacy Policy.'

If the user clicks "I accept", the account credentials are transmittedthrough a secure connection directly to the user-selected partner. Thecredit card information, password and security question and answer are nottransmitted to the Mozilla server.

If the account can be provisioned, the service provider then returnsconfiguration data which the Account Provisioner uses to configureThunderbird to be able to login to the server. This data includes (but isnot limited to) server name, port number, and socket type for both theincoming and outgoing mail servers. This data, along with data on whichactions were taken, is retained by Mozilla in its original form for 10 daysfor debugging purposes only. After that, it is retained in aggregate formonly. We may release reports containing aggregated, anonymized summariesof the data to the community to aid in product & design decisions.

End-User License Agreement

Since the purpose of this prototype is to gather as much feedback as possible we will be logging the series of actions you take in the addon, and securely sending that to a Mozilla Messaging server, to help us understand how people use the addon. No personally-identifying information will be sent with the actions.